Art of hair waving



P 1932- s. ROBERTS ART OF HAIR .WAVING Filed July 31, 1929 INVENTOR.

Tbazwrs ATTORNEY 5 5? M 2 If Patented Apr. 26,1932 v I r UNETED STATES PATENT OFHFICEf Application filed July 31, um. seriai'n o. 382,399.

My invention relates to improvements in From what has been said, it will be observed the art of hair-waving. that one waving ones ownhair can keep the It is now common practice to wave natural member in contact with the hair in a manner hair on the head by a process known as finger so that there is no interference by any fingers waving which involves the use of a finger of of'theh'and so holding said member, to the the hand to hold the hair against disarrangecombing operation to form the wave, and furment while a suitable instrumentality such thermore, the member bein fiexibleand of as a comb is being used to manipulate or wave thetenacious order results in a clear-cut Wave the hair. ofregularitv 1 10 This method is awkward particularly to In using the comb or other instrumentality one waving ones own hair due to the awkto formjthe wave, the comb will engage the Wardness involved in properly placing the edge of the member and in time may mutilate finger in contact with the hair and due also the material at such point,and" to eliminate to interference by other fingers of the hand this a flexible metallic strip'2 may be provided 15 to the combing operation to form the wave. 1 and affixed to the member by an adhesive or Hence the present invention is directed to any'othersuitable means so that the two form a method of and meansto facilitate waving a unitary instrument. I ones own hair in a manner to overcome the The invention according to the modified difficulties mentioned and with results even form illustrated in Fig. 2, is in the form of 20 better than is accomplished by the old method. a fiex-ibleimetalliC strip 3. A plain strip of In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 ilmetal lacks the tenacious quality which is so lustrates in perspective, a view of an instrunecessary and important in order that the mentality constructed in accordance with the hairforming a :Wave already formed, and present invention for use in the process of which the strip contacts with, cannot be dis- 2 waving the hair; Figs. 2 and 3 are modified arranged. However, the metal strip with dearrangements; and Fig. 4 illustrates the pending teeth 4 formed thereon to engage method of using such instrumentality. the hair can be used with equalease and with The invention in one of its simplest and equally good success as a member of the least costly forms, is illustrated in Fig. 1, and tenacious order such as rubber, etc.

consists of an elongated strip ormember such It is preferable to construct the toothed as 1 made of flexible and firm material such bend 4 in the strip so that the base 4 of the for example as rubber, leather, chamois, felt, teeth will be slightly below. the bent edge 5 cloth or other suitable materials or compoof the strip so that said edge provides a sitions of similar nature which in addition smooth or unbroken face against which a r to being flexible and firm, must also be of comb may scrape without liability of damagthe tenacious order. a ing either instrument. I

As will be observed in Fig. 4, one can very In the Fig. 3 modified arrangement, the easily and Without awkwardness keep the member 6 which may be of rubber or leather, member 1 in firm contact with ones own etc., as in Fig. 1, instead of having top and V 40 hair simply by slight pressure of the fingers bottom faces both flat, as in Fig. 1, may have a thereon. Such finger pressure causes the bottom face slightly convex in form said face member because of its flexible quality to conto be held in contact with the hair. form to the slope of the head and it being of Having thus described the invention, what the tenacious order will prevent the hair and I claim as new and desire to secure by Lety 45 wave already formed which it contacts with ters Patent of the United States is from being disarranged while the hair adj a- 1. An article of manufacture for use in the cent the member, or in other words, the unart of waving hair. which consists of a recwaved portion thereof, is being manipulated tangular shaped flexible member normally or waved by an suitable instrumentality uncurved as to its length, having a relatively 50 such as a comb, or example. wide hair engaging surface of substantially uniform thickness throughout its width, said member adapted to be held upon the top surface of the users hair and at the same time flexed by pressure of the fingers of the user spread along the top face of said'member to conform throughout its length to the shape of the head, said member thereby defining a boundary from which unwaved hair is combed to form a new wave and being of a quality which inherently causes it to grip the top surface of the hair to prevent that portion of the hair which is already waved from being disarranged by said combing of the hair to form a new wave, one of the side faces of said strip forminga guide for the combing movement.

article of manufacture for use in the art of waving hair which consists of a rectangular shaped strip of rubber normally uncurved as to its length, having a wide hair engaging surface of substantially uniform thickness throughout its width, said strip adapted to be held against the vtop surface of the users hair and at the same time :flexed to conform throughout its length to the shape of the head, by pressure of the fingers of the user spread along the top face of the strip the latter thereby defining a boundary from which the hair to be waved is combed to form a new wave, and eing relatively soft so as to grip the top surfaceof the hair to prevent that portion of the hair which is already wavedfrom being disarranged by said combihg of-thehair to form a new wave, one of the side faceS of said strip forming a guide for;

the combing movement.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of July, 1929.

. MRS. SALLY 

